For most people, chicken may be the only source of animal protein. But for some people, this animal is an exotic animal worth worth up to millions of dollars. But the chicken that became the favorite of poultry lovers is derived from a special race that is rare. One of them is the following unique and rare chickens.
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Silkie chicken
These chickens look cute. This is the famous silkie chicken for its soft feathers like a kitten. Reported from Strange Animals, this chicken has bones, beaks, and blacks. But the fur can be colorful. Silkie chickens used to be pets at home because of their cute appearance.
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Chicken bare
This hairless chicken is a crossword species created by Avigdor Cahaner, an Israeli scientist. Naked chicken is a combination of broiler chickens and featherless neck race (neck without hair). The idea behind the development of bare chickens is to create more efficient chickens to be cultivated in warmer climates. In addition, this chicken can increase efficiency in places of slaughtering because it does not take time for the removal of feathers. Unfortunately the bare chickens are also difficult to mate because they can not flap their wings to keep the balance. While female bare chickens are more susceptible to parasites, skin diseases, mosquito attacks, temperature changes, and sunburn because they do not have feathers that also serve as body armor.
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Chicken onagadori
Chicken Onagadori has a special feature of a very long tail, making their overall appearance exotic. This chicken comes from Kochi Prefecture, Japan. The tail length can reach 8 meters if treated properly.
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Chicken cemani
Original Indonesian chicken is famous for all parts of the body is black. Not only the black fur and skin, eyes, viscera, and bones were blackish. Even the blood of chicken cemani very dark color, not like chicken in general.
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Chicken Dong Tao
These gory-looking birds are a Dong Tao chicken. Its origin is from Khoai Chau District, near the city of Hanoi, Vietnam. This type of chicken is quite rare. Formerly just bred specifically for the consumption needs of the royal family. But now it's served in fancy restaurants whose customers are rich. And a live Dong Tao chicken can be priced up to 16 million Rupiah. This chicken does have a large body and healthy, with claws like dragon legs with reddish color. Amusing Planet reported, a male Dong Tao chickens can weigh up to 6 pounds.
But what makes this chicken very expensive is precisely the breeding is quite difficult. Dong Tao's chickens are very sensitive to weather changes. The number of eggs produced females are much less than normal chickens. While Dong Tao's very large chicken legs make the process of incubation difficult. In order not to many chickens that are dead trampled, the incision should be assisted by humans.